When “effortless” is anything but: Today’s cloud washing is all about hybrid
As more companies weigh moves to the cloud, vendors have latched onto the “hybrid” label as a sales tool.
Launchpad finalist Waymate turns to megacities for transport-booking success
Berlin’s Waymate has learned a few lessons since going live earlier this year, chief among them the fact that users need a transport comparison and booking service more for urban situations than for long-distance travel.
What do Twitter, Zuora and New Relic have in common? Peter Fenton
Some of the hottest names in technology startups can attribute some of their success to Benchmarks’ Peter Fenton, who has backed Twitter, New Relic (see New Relic’s CEO Lew Cirne at Structure:Europe next week), and Zuora. With Twitter and New Relic expected to go public soon Benchmark is about to reap what Fenton has sown, according to this Bloomberg profile of the man.
Joyent founder Jason Hoffman steps down
Hoffman, a doctor who co-founded the company to help with cancer research, is leaving after ten years.
Google reacts to PRISM-induced heebie jeebies; the week in cloud
Google acknowledges new data encryption plan to mitigate PRISM-provoked privacy fears; Aaron Levie sounds off and more in the week in cloud.
Don’t let the lack of press fool you: Europe has a lot of big-time cloud users
It’s not just U.S. companies such as Pinterest, Netflix and every SaaS startup under the sun that are running on cloud infrastructure. There are a lot of major European companies and organizations using cloud computing, too. Many of them will be at Structure: Europe.
4 tips for budding tech startups from New Relic’s Lew Cirne
New Relic, on track to $100M in revenue next year, is the prototypical startup success story. CEO Lew Cirne shares some secrets of its success.
Google Apps partner Cloud Sherpas buys into UK market
Cloud Sherpas acquires London-based Stoneburn Software Services to bolster its Google and Salesforce.com application integration business.
Box’s Aaron Levie on mobilizing, conspiracy theorists and who writes his Tweets
On this week’s show we talk about Structure Europe, get heebie jeebies over social media stalking and listen to the always entertaining Box CEO, Aaron Levie.
Summer’s over and London’s tech startup scene is heating back up
Bam! The Summer holidays are over. And the East London tech startup scene is back to work, making deals, raising money and throwing parties.